Microsoft and GitHub released the GitHub Copilot SDK for Java, version 1.0.7-preview.1, a framework-agnostic client library that lets enterprise Java developers drive AI from idiomatic Java code using…
GitHub has expanded Copilot Chat on github.com with new conversation controls, including the ability to minimize the chat window and resume conversations, plus token spend indicators. These features a…
GitHub's August 3 weekly release for GitHub Copilot introduces new features across its desktop app, CLI, and VS Code 1.132, including model identification with AI credit and cache details, a Sessions …
GitHub's Copilot impact dashboard now includes a 'Potential return on investment' section that connects Copilot spending to pull request output, with two cards comparing passive users (Phase 1) agains…
GitHub announced that Lite and Balanced effort levels for GitHub Copilot code review are now generally available, replacing the Low and Medium levels from public preview. These levels let users match …
GitHub's Copilot usage metrics API now reports agent app activity, broken out by individual agent, with a new optional `totals_by_3rd_party_agent` array in enterprise, organization, enterprise-user, a…
GitHub has reversed its Code Quality feature's automatic addition of Copilot as a pull request reviewer, disabling the ruleset settings it previously enabled. The change, effective for GitHub Enterpri…
GitHub has made generally available new enterprise managed settings keys, `allowedMcpServers` and `deniedMcpServers`, that let enterprise owners centrally control which Model Context Protocol (MCP) se…
GitHub has introduced slash commands in its GitHub Copilot app, offering shortcuts for planning, collaboration, automation, and customization. Commands like /plan help break down tasks before coding, …
GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app, which helped users understand their bill during the transition to usage-based billing. Users can now manage Copilot spend directly in GitHub billing…
GitHub's legal team, including lawyers and program managers without engineering backgrounds, used GitHub Copilot CLI to build custom tools that automate repetitive legal work. Principal Product Counse…
GitHub introduced stacked pull requests to help developers and coding agents break large AI-generated changes into smaller, reviewable layers. The feature addresses the challenge of reviewing massive …
GitHub will retire GitHub Spark on github.com, ceasing new user sign-ups and app creation on August 4, 2026, with full shutdown on August 31, 2026. Existing users can export their apps before the shut…
GitHub has introduced code coverage automatic enablement in Code Quality settings, now in public preview for all GitHub Code Quality users on github.com. The feature uses AI to generate a coverage wor…
GitHub has released a new feature for its Copilot cloud agent that allows users to customize the reasoning level for supported AI models, controlling how much the model reasons before responding. High…
GitHub announced enterprise team specialization for managed settings, allowing administrators to customize Copilot governance per team via itemized configuration files. The feature, now enforced in VS…
GitHub has released a new feature allowing users to trigger Copilot cloud agent automations with issue or pull request comments, enabling tasks such as generating documentation, investigating errors, …
GitHub will deprecate six AI models across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 1st, 2026, including Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6, and …
GitHub deprecated Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences as of July 31, 2026, with Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) and Gemini 3.6 Flash suggested as alternatives. Copilot Ent…
GitHub has launched a public preview of user-based model policy targeting for GitHub Enterprise customers with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise licenses, allowing AI administrators to set a base…